2006 Annual Presentation Council for Community and Technical College Education

THE VALUE OF YOUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES

THE VALUE OF YOUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES

• Initiates first contact with perspective students

• Performs on- and off-campus recruiting

• Coordinates campus visits

• Counsels students

Admissions Counselor

THE VALUE OF YOUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES

• Helps with FASFA forms

• Assists with scholarship searches

• Conducts workshops and seminars

• Determines eligibility• Awards financial aid

Financial Aid Counselor

THE VALUE OF YOUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES

• Selects, trains, supervises, evaluates, and disciplines student resident assistants

• Provides judicial, mediation, and crisis management

• Provides on-call duty• Plans and schedules various

activities for the students

Resident Life Associate

THE VALUE OF YOUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES

• Prepares, records, and maintains fiscal records

• Manages faculty searches

• Directly supervises office staff

• Arranges special events

• Schedules academic courses

Administrative Associate

Education Levels of Classified Employees*

303

858

32

375

0 200 400 600 800 1000

AssociateDegree

Bachelor'sDegree

Master'sDegree

BeyondMaster's

Number of Employees

Source: HEPC *Represents 31% of All Classified Employees

Enrollment Trend

84,71382,845

80,837

78,97678,315

74,000

76,000

78,000

80,000

82,000

84,000

86,000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Source: 2005 Fall Enrollment Report, HEPC

+8%

FT Classified Employees

4,716

4,616

4,673

4,8504,875

4,450

4,500

4,550

4,600

4,650

4,700

4,750

4,800

4,850

4,900

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Source: Fall 2005 Faculty & Staff Characteristics Report, HEPC

-3.3%

703 (13.8%) Classified Employees were paid at or below $19,350.

In January 2006, it was announced that the poverty level moved to $20,000.

2005 Federal Poverty Level for a family of four was $19,350

Sources: Federal Register Vol. 70 No. 33, Feb 18, 20052005 Fall Salary Report, HEPC

Linda

• Campus Service Worker II with 17 18 years of service

• Pay Grade 7 should be $25,081 (15 yr. cap)

• Current Salary is still $21,117 (at 8 years on schedule)

Source: Linda’s HR Office and2001 Classified Staff Salary Schedule

Linda (continued)

• Single provider for two grandchildren

• Children have a medical card.

• Receives public assistance for the children

• Children receive yearly WV clothing voucher

• Employee qualified and received a Habitat for Humanities house in 2001

Source: Employee Interview

Linda is not alone

25% of the 5,090 classified employees are

Pay Grade 4 – 10.

The average salary for these 1,279 classified employees is $20,016

Source: 2005 Fall Salary Report, HEPC

ISSUES AND CONCERNS

•Institutional rule development

•Adherence to Series 4

•Accountability

•Grievance procedures

•Preserving right to grieve

•Right to adjudication

Compensation Concerns

• Fully fund and periodically adjust the salary schedule

• Defer implementation of a merit pay system• Address those staff who are red-lined ( 16+

years of service when the schedule caps at 15)

• Differing institutional interpretations of legislative salary mandates

INCONSISTENCY ACROSS CTCs

CONCERNS:

•BOA versus BOG

•Linkages

•CTC re-merging with admin-linked 4yr

•Tight linkages are counter to the different mission of the community college.

CTC Governance Structure

Institution Accreditation Free Stand Admin-Link

BOG BOA Division orRegional

 

Blue Ridge X X X  

Eastern Pending X X  

Marshall X X X  

New River X X X  

Northern X X X  

Parkersburg X X X X  

Pierpont Shared X X  

Southern X X X  

WV State CTC X X X  

WVU Tech CTC X X X  

Other Concerns• Continued progress on review of Series 8

• Cyclical job family reviews

• Staffing levels

• Benefits– PEIA issues: privatization, back door assault on sick

leave re move to Medicaid at age 65

• Advancement Opportunities

What can you as members of theCCTCE

do to help attract and keepa well trained and

dedicated work force?

VALUE YOUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WITH

• Support requests for additional new funds

• Earmark dollars toward the salary schedule

• Make periodic adjustments to salary schedule to address market conditions

Adequate Compensation

VALUE YOUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WITH

• Support equalization of retirement contributions

• Support modification of the PEIA 80/20 rule

• Include employee premium, deductibles, co-pay and co-insurance as a part of our 20% contribution to PEIA.

• Formulate policies for tuition assistance for dependents

Affordable Benefits

VALUE YOUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WITH

• Establish staff development and training policy

• Dedicate tuition waivers for classified employees

• Provide bidding rights between administratively linked institutions

• Establish accountability and justification requirements to determine the need for outsourcing

• Create continuing education incentives similar to K-12

Staff Development & Advancement Opportunities

VALUE YOUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WITH

• Require evaluation of supervisors by employees

• Require professional development and training for supervisory personnel

• Pursue professional certification of Human Resource staff

• Utilize classified employee self-evaluations when supervisor fails to complete the evaluation process

Highly Qualified Supervision and Management

Why does CCTCE need Classified Staff?

•First contact with students, faculty, administration and public

•Last contact with students after graduation

•Crucial to the retention of students

•Vital link between the student and the workplace

•Critical to the efficient operation of the institutions

• Classified employees offer guidance, direction, assistance, knowledge, encouragement and, to a degree, comfort to students. Classified employees are an intricate part of students’ lives from the time before they enter college until years after they graduate. When dedicated and loyal classified employees disappear there’s a domino effect: without competent employees, services will suffer.

Students are our most important asset.

Don’t they deserve the

BEST

we can give them?

WITH YOUR HELP Classified employees, who are a

productive and dedicated workforce, will continue to provide essential services that contribute to a quality education for our

students.